Australia

Average monthly temperatures in Brisbane (°C)

Official language: English
Time zone: UTC +10
Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)

The Vino Bus

There are many tours in the city, including the Vino Bus, which will take you on a journey to the best wineries.

Haunted Brisbane ghost tour

A trip around haunted places in Brisbane will surely be another interesting experience! One of the visited places is a municipal cemetery, watched after dark.

An unusual reserve

In the Brisbane neighbourhood, at Jesmond Road 708, you can find the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the biggest koala reserve in the world. You can see here about one hundred and thirty of these lovely animals.

What to see in Brisbane?

Brisbane is a city located in Queensland, in the north-east Australia, a few dozen kilometres from the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It has over two million inhabitants, what makes it third most populated city in the country. It is important culturally and scientifically – there are three universities here.

In Brisbane, the sun shines almost all year round, according to the research there are over three hundred sunny days here. Among other things, the bars created on the high buildings’ roofs are very popular here. One of the most popular places of this type is the Sixteen Antlers bar located on the roof of the Pullman Brisbane King George Hotel, on the corner of Ann St and Roma Street. Here you can try beers from the local breweries, as well as wines of the highest quality.

Would you like to eat something and not spend a fortune? In Brisbane, you’ll have plenty of eateries to choose from. Firstly, opt for Asian cuisine. For delicious Chinese dumplings go to New Shanghai at Queens Plaza 226 Queen Street or Steamed Dim-Sum at Turbot Street 95. For Vietnamese dishes, go to The Vietnamese at Wickham Street 194 or Little Saigon Grill on Albert Street 123.

Going to the city market is also a must-do. Every Wednesday, Jan Power Farmers’ Market takes place, visit it at the lunch-time for great fresh food and delicious juices. There are also so-called twilight markets organised in Brisbane in the evenings. Eat Street Northshore and Boundary Street Markets offer the dishes of almost every cuisine in the world. During the second market, you may also listen to live music!

About eighty kilometres from the city there is a famous Gold Coast. It is a paradise for surfers and sunbathers missing the sun. Blue water and almost six-kilometre long beach are really tempting. After an active day, you can sit in one of the coastal bars and admire the phenomenal sunset!

Average monthly temperatures in Melbourne (°C)

General information

Official language: English
Time zone: UTC+10
(summer),
UTC+11
(winter)
Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)

Where to shop?

The most delicious local products you will get in Queen Victoria Market, a huge market place situated in a lovely hall. You will buy there local, fresh fruits and vegetables, bread, meat and seafood.

The vibe of the city

Where to feel it best? In the very centre of Melbourne from morning to afternoon small streets are full of people. Step by for coffee to one of open for street view cafés and inhale the vibe.

Chinatown

No one can create their enclave like Chinese do. It is best to visit Chinatown in Melbourne in the evenings, when main streets are lighted by characteristic red lampions.

What’s interesting to see in Melbourne?

One of the few Australian towns, which didn’t use to be a British penalty colony in its beginnings, but was the city established from grounds. When in the 50’s of the 20th century the most precious of ore was discovered in the region of Melbourne, a golden rush has begun. In this period, Melbourne quickly has become one of the biggest port city in the area.

Sightseeing the city should definitely be started from the Eureka Tower. From the height of the 88th floor you will see the city in its whole magnificence in each of directions. Don’t be afraid it is too high to see details. There are small telescopes located on the floor, thanks to which you will be able to see what coffee is recommended on a given day by a small café on a corner street. There is also something for those liking doses for adrenaline – a glass platform, that is sliding out of the building for 3 metres. Do you have shivers already?

If you prefer to visit the city in more traditional way, go for a walk to the oldest, harbour part of Melbourne. Take a walk through the boardwalk alongside seaside or sit down in one of the eateries, imaging movement in the port like it used to be 150 years ago – throwing over packages with goods from England, loading boxes with mined there gold, trading of spices or sailors jolly disembarking from ships to the ground.

Who said that art can be only admired in galleries or museums? In Melbourne art is located literally on every street. In neighbourhood of Federation Square in the city centre, find Graffiti Street, a low-key street on out-of-the-way place. You will see there amazing paintings on walls of town houses. Each square metre is filled with another colourful character, hidden in paintings objects or little doors.

Prickle of excitement is waiting for you in Old Goel prison. You will not only visit there a building with cells and gallows, but also take part in a play. Actors are presenting a story of Ned Kelly, hanged in 1854, and eagerly drag in spectators to common fun. Do you want to know why the story is focused on a life of one prisoner? He wasn’t a plain guy, but sort of a local Robin Hood. Legends of his actions have lived to this day.

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